VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA BASKETBALL FEDERATION, BABS OGUNADE, SAYS HOME-BASED PLAYERS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR PLACES WITH THEIR OVERSEAS-BASED COUNTERPARTS AT THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS. THE MEN AND WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMS HAD RELIED LARGELY ON OVERSEAS-BASED PLAYERS RECENTLY, BUT OGUNADE SAYS TOP LOCAL PLAYERS WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO […]

THE FREEZE-DRIVEN SHUTTERING OF CORE SECTIONS OF THE U.S. REFINING SYSTEM ISN’T ALL GOOD NEWS FOR RIVAL PLANTS IN EUROPE. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, LOSSES ARE DEEPENING. WHILE U.S. SHUTDOWNS MEAN LESS COMPETITION FOR EUROPEAN REFINERS IN SUPPLYING GASOLINE AND DIESEL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC, THEY ALSO REMOVE AN IMPORTANT […]

INVESTORS IN THE NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET RECORDED A TOTAL LOSS OF N1.37TN IN FEBRUARY AS MARKET CAPITALISATION TUMBLED BELOW N21TN AMID PROFIT-TAKING. INVESTORS HAD GAINED OVER N1.13TN IN JANUARY AS THE MARKET CAPITALISATION CLOSED AT N22.19TN FROM N21.06TN AT THE START OF THE MONTH. THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE ALL-SHARE INDEX CLOSED AT 39,799.89 BASIS POINTS […]

FORMER IMO STATE GOVERNOR, SENATOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA, HAS AGAIN VISITED RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR, NYESOM WIKE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN ONE MONTH AMID A POLITICAL CRISIS AHEAD OF 2023. THE FORMER GOVERNOR WHO IS NOW A SENATOR UNDER THE PLATFORM OF ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS, APC, HAD VISITED WIKE IN RIVERS STATE TO COMMISSION A PROJECT. […]

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA SAID IT HAS CONCLUDED PLANS TO CRASH THE PRICE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY. THE SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, SENATOR ITA ENANG DISCLOSED THIS, WEEKEND, DURING AN INTERACTION WITH JOURNALISTS IN UYO, THE AKWA IBOM STATE CAPITAL. ENANG SAID THE FG DECIDED […]